PowerPoint 2007 Graphics & Animation Made Easy

by Sally Slack, Michelle Zavala

Overview

Get beyond the basics with PowerPoint 2007

Take your PowerPoint skills to the next level with help from this highly visual, easy-to-follow guide. PowerPoint 2007 Graphics & Animation Made Easy shows you how to enhance your presentations with everything from bullets and tables to dynamic slides that come to life on the screen. You'll learn to use the latest tools and techniques such as WordArt, SmartArt, charts, audio, and motion graphics. Discover how easy it is to build professional presentations with rich images, special effects, and high-impact animations that will capture your audience's attention every time you present.

• Design unique layouts customized for your needs
• Create memorable photo albums with captions, textures, and themes
• Add and manipulate clip art
• Display data in graphically rich tables and charts
• Enhance text with fills, outlines, and artistic effects using WordArt
• Highlight important points, people, and objects with shapes
• Transform content into dynamic graphics using SmartArt
• Add punch to your presentations with movies and sound
• Create custom animations and impressive special effects
• Import Excel content quickly and easily into PowerPoint slides

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071600774
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	10/15/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

S.E. Slack is a PowerPoint expert and has been a communications consultant to IBM, Lenovo International, and State Farm Insurance. She is the author of 10 books, including CNET Do-It-Yourself Digital Home Office Projects.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Creating Slide Layouts That Pop Chapter 2. Creating Custom Layouts Chapter 3. Illustrating with Pictures Chapter 4. Creating a Photo Album Chapter 5. Working with Clip Art Chapter 6. Working with Tables Chapter 7. Using WordArt to Make Your Point Chapter 8. Creating Effective Shapes Chapter 9. Comparing and Illustrating Content with SmartArt Chapter 10. Adding a Movie to Your Presentation Chapter 11. Adding Sound to Your Presentation Chapter 12. Creating and Using Animation Chapter 13. Importing Excel Content into PowerPoint 2007 Chapter 14. Moving Graphics Between Word and PowerPoint Chapter 15. Working with Charts as Design Elements